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Volume 6 No. 2 | January 12, 2024

Notes from the Editor:

Two weeks into the new year and I still haven't looked at my list of resolutions things I hope to accomplish in 2024. Early days. Speaking of early days, if you're near Fort Pierce Saturday, January 13, take advantage of the work Indian River magazine puts into its annual Treasure Coast History Festival. Note the new location: St. Lucie County History Center, 414 Seaway Drive. Publisher Gregory Enns' family has a long history in the area.

It's looking as though we're still in for some weather, so stay safe and dry. Now where's that list?

Willi

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Some St. John webcam links, just for the beauty of it.

Arts Blast on the Air with Willi Miller

January 10, 2024 - Adam Schnell of Ballet Vero Beach joins the show to discuss the Indian River State College Fellowship Initiative for Dancers along with his upcoming shows which you can find at BalletVeroBeach.org... Sergey Belyavskiy joins us from Hamburg, Germany, to discuss his concert program and his upcoming concert at the Emerson Center on January 27th.

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Bookmark On the Calendar at WilliMiller.com for frequent updates. Calls for Artists, Auditions, & Volunteers are on the website, too. Catch up with events at Willi Miller's Arts Blast on Facebook and pick up some laughs and interesting info on the Willi Miller's Arts Blast Extras page.

In This Issue

• History in Fort Pierce
• Ballet Vero Beach On The Road
• and Ballet Vero Beach & Choreographer's Notebook: CAMDAM
• Chautauqua South with the Friends of the Martin County Library
• Riverside Theatre Jersey Boys
• The Barn Theatre Cinderella
• Center for Spiritual Care's Emerging Artists
• A.E. Backus Florida Highwaymen
• Alliance for the Arts 38th All Florida Annual Exhibition
• Riverside Theatre 2024 Distinguished Lecturer Series
• Indian River State College 45th Annual Honor Band and Orchestra Festival
• Flagler Museum 2024 Winter Exhibition
• Laura (Riding) Jackson Birthday Event and Ribbon Cutting
• Live! from Vero Beach
• ELC Boat Dock Ribbon Cutting
• Brevard County Orchestra Symphonic Dances
• Space Coast Symphony Orchestra Hollywood Loves Opera
• Pineapple Playhouse Exit Laughing Auditions
• Area Theatre in January
• Concert at CCOVB
• NEW ART ST LUCIE & MARTIN ART MAGAZINE ISSUE
• Sustainable Landscapes Conference

And More ...!

Scroll down for a load of entries from the Arts Blast online calendar.

Chautauqua South with the Friends of the Martin County Library System is Back!

What is Chautauqua South?

The Chautauqua movement began in 1874 as an open-air classroom for school teachers on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in New York. The idea caught on and soon summer Chautauquas were springing up across the nation. Taking inspiration from New York’s Chautauqua Institution, the MCLS decided in 1992 to reproduce the Chautauqua experience in South Florida. The library system’s southern counterpart offers scores of diverse programs designed to enlighten, educate, and entertain by featuring an eclectic array of artists, authors, musicians, entertainers, and lecturers. Let the Martin County Library System be your center for music, art, literature, and fun! Click here for the calendar.

On the Road with Ballet Vero Beach

Ballet Vero Beach will mark the company’s first performance in St. Lucie County by presenting Program 1 at the McAlpin Fine Arts Center on the Indian River State College Massey Campus in Fort Pierce. 

Choreographer's Notebook: CAMDAM at IRSC McAlpin Fine Arts Center -January 12, 7:00PM, January 13, 2:00PM

Choreographer's Notebook: CAMDAM at VBHS Performing Arts Center - January 19, 7:30PM, January 20, 2:00PM and 7:30PM

Accessible/Family-Friendly Performance at VBHS PAC - January 21, 2:00PM

The Flagler Museum announces its 2024 Winter Exhibition

 Alphonse Mucha: Master of Art Nouveau,

will be on view from

January 16 through April 14

Amidst the cobblestone streets and gas-lit boulevards of turn-of-the-century Paris, a renaissance of creativity produced the Art Nouveau movement. Characterized by sinuous lines, organic forms, and intricate designs, this movement in design and art found its virtuoso interpreter in Alphonse Mucha, whose work is featured in the exhibition.

The exhibition is not only a tribute to Mucha’s genius, but also the milieu that nurtured his blossoming as an artist.

For more information:

Flagler Museum at (561) 655-2833

or visit www.FlaglerMuseum.us.

45th ANNUAL

Indian River State College Honor Band and Orchestra Festival

More than 480 of the best high school and middle school music students and their music directors from the Treasure Coast and beyond will converge on Indian River State College’s Massey Campus in Fort Pierce from Jan. 16-20 for the 45th Annual IRSC Honor Band and Orchestra Festival. The festival is the largest school outreach event in the region for secondary music students.

Select world-renowned clinician band and orchestra conductors have been invited to participate. Students who take part in the festival are nominated by their school’s music directors, and finalists are selected by Dr. John Southall, IRSC’s Chair of Performing and Visual Arts, Director of Bands, and Coordinator of Music Education.

For more information about this event or the instrumental music programs at Indian River State College, call the Performing and Visual Arts Department at 772-462-7727.

From A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery:

The next presentation of the 2023-24 season continues the A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery’s annual series of special exhibitions celebrating the unique art movement that traces its beginnings to our community. Fast Forward: The Original Florida Highwaymen on the Way to Fame marks the 50^th anniversary of the painters’ induction into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. Fast Forward is on view January 13 through March 3, 2024 at 500 N. Indian River Drive in Historic Downtown Fort Pierce.

When a nineteen-year-old Harold Newton became inspired to paint the Florida landscape in 1954, his vision, courage, and accomplishments encouraged his friends and neighbors to take up paintbrushes and follow a new path as professional artists. Over time, dozens of individuals joined the fast painting venture that elevated the natural beauty of the Sunshine State and unintentionally founded a movement.



Yet their progress over the decades was no secret. Their achievements were recorded in contemporary newspapers, documenting their work for local and regional audiences.

After more than fifty years in becoming an overnight success, the 26 landscape artists now known as The Original Highwaymen were inducted in 2004 into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.

Fast Forward presents an exhibition of more than 50 rarely or never-before-seen paintings assembled from 10 private collections from around the state, including works by Harold Newton (1934-1994), Alfred Hair (1941-1970), Livingston Roberts (1942-2004), R.A. “Roy” McLendon (b.1932), Sam Newton (b. 1948), Mary Ann Carroll (1940-2019), Willie Daniels (1950-2021), and more. The exhibition includes notable newspaper appearances from the past, all celebrating the artists’ first 50 years of fame and charting their bold course forward to the hard-won triumph of statewide recognition – exemplified by the original Florida Artists Hall of Fame award “La Florida,” conferred to the group in Tallahassee in 2004 and presented for public display in Fast Forward for the first time in 20 years.

Fast Forward: The Original Florida Highwaymen on the Way to Fame’s opening reception will be held on Friday, January 19 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, with remarks at 6:30 pm. Current members are always free; not-yet members are $20 – or join this evening as a member for 12 months of inspiring arts and culture.

The Backus Museum is planning to present its annual favorite Highwaymen Celebration Weekend on February 16-18, featuring free admission during regular hours. Visitors to the Museum can enjoy a range of special offerings outside and inside. The highlight of the weekend takes place on the Museum’s Outdoor Mural Plaza, where people seeking to start or build their personal collections of Highwaymen paintings will be able to browse an impressive selection offered for purchase by professional dealers, specializing in the vintage works of these artists. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the current state of the art market and to explore owning an original work of art for your home or office. Fast Forward will be on display inside, with free gallery talks for the public each day. The annual special exhibition expands upon the year-round display of Highwaymen paintings on view, a display which includes video excerpts from the award-winning documentary film “The Highwaymen: Legends of the Road.” For more information, please visit www.BackusMuseum.org/celebration.

About the A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery

Since its founding in 1960 and the first day the doors opened in 1961, the A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery has been a center and catalyst for creativity and culture in our region. The Museum houses the nation’s largest public presentation of artwork by Florida’s preeminent painter, A.E. “Bean” Backus (1906-1990), and also continues its more than sixty-year tradition of exhibiting and celebrating the paintings of the original Florida Highwaymen, who got their start here. In addition, the Museum organizes and hosts changing exhibitions from artists of regional, national and international acclaim. The Backus Museum was recognized as the 2022 Best of the Best Community Choice Award for Best Art Gallery; and the 2021 Best Tourist Attraction – 2018 Best Museum / Best of the Treasure Coast by the readers of Indian RiverMagazine.

Schedule: The Museum’s regular hours are Wednesday – Saturday, 10 AM to 4 PM; Sunday, 12 Noon to 4 PM.

*** The A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery again hosts the highly anticipated “Sunday in Key West” Luncheon & Auction event, Sunday, January 28, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the Pelican Yacht Club, 1120 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce. This annual and thrilling event brings the excitement and fun of a Winter’s Escape to the warm Key West Islands to the scenic shores of the Indian River Lagoon. This year Live Music will welcome guests to an afternoon of merriment with delicious island fare, chances to win Backus-themed treasures, tantalizing silent auction, capped with an exhilarating live auction all in support of the Backus Museum.

Reserved seats are $100 per person, but space is limited, so act now! Please call (772) 465-0630 or visit BackusMuseum.org to reserve seats before January 22.

Roberts, Livingston (1942-2004). Rough Break, not dated. Oil on Upson board, 24 x 36 in. Roger Lightle Collection

Newton, Sam (b. 1948). Washer Woman, not dated. Oil on Upson board, 24 x 36 in. Roger Lightle Collection

Newton, Harold (1934-1994). Rio Mar Storm, not dated. Oil on Masonite, 24 x 36 in. John & Stephanie Sassano Collection

Hair, Alfred (1941-1970). Night Breakers, not dated. Oil on Upson board, 36 x 96 in. Private Collection

Daniels, Willie (1950-2021). Cows in the Field, not dated. OIl on Upson board, 24 x 36 in. Roger Lightle Collection

Carroll, Mary Ann (1940-2019). Indian River Sunrise, not dated. Oil on Upson board, 24 x 48 in. Walker Collection

Catching Up with Community Church of Vero Beach

The 2023-2024 Concert Series at the Community Church of Vero Beach continues with the Stetson University Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, January 28 at 4 p.m. This student orchestra is recognized as one of the finest undergraduate college orchestras in the southeastern United States. Their travel includes domestic tours in Florida and Georgia, and foreign tours in Europe, most recently in Italy, including Rome, Lucca, and Venice. The orchestra's program on January 28 will include the overture to Strauss' opera Die Fledermaus and Schumann's dramatic and exquisite 4th Symphony. Tickets are available online at ccovb.org, by calling 772-778-1070, and are also available at the door. Cost: $20.

Visit www.ccovb.org or www.facebook.com/ccovb.org to learn more.

NEW ART ST LUCIE & MARTIN ART MAGAZINE ISSUE

Check out the latest Winter 23 | Spring 24 Issue of Art St. Lucie and Martin Arts Magazine. Pick up your free copy at The Vault Art Gallery in Downtown Fort Pierce or at Martin Arts in Stuart. The digital edition is online now!

Like birds? Like people? Near Port Canaveral? Have free time January 24-28?



Ray Brown of Talkinbirds.com is hoping to find a few volunteers to man the Talkin' Birds table at the 25th annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival at the Radisson Resort, Port Canaveral. Ray's in Massachusetts and can't get here. If you're interested and available, email him at ray@talkinbirds.com. No pay, but you'll get free entry to the festival and maybe a TalkinBirds memorabilia gift from Ray.

Space Coast Divas

HOLLYWOOD LOVES OPERA

January 20 and 21

Individually, they are international opera singers. Together, Mary Anne Kruger and Amy Cofield are the Space Coast Divas, accompanied by pianist Jean Black in concerts January 20 and 21.

Space Coast Symphony Orchestra's Hollywood Loves Opera will feature the works of Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Mozart, Wagner and other master composers of the form. Music from such films as Shawshank Redemption, Pretty Woman, The Fifth Element, Driving Miss Daisy, Philadelphia, Room With a View" and many more will be expressed through the soaring voices of the Space Coast Divas.

Kruger has spent most of her career in Europe singing over 40 roles such as Madama Butterfly and Salome. Cofield has performed in the U.S., Europe and Asia, often being sought for Violetta, the lead role in Verdi's La Traviata. 

On Saturday, January 20 at 7:00 PM, they will perform arias and duets with the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 106 N Riverside Dr, Indialantic.

On Sunday, January 21 at 7:00 PM, they will perform in concert at First Presbyterian Church of Vero Beach, 520 Royal Palm Boulevard, 32960.

While the concerts are free, a $25 donation is suggested.



For more information about Hollywood Loves Opera, call toll free 855-252-7276,

or visit SpaceCoastSymphony.org



OFFENBACH Belle nuit from Contes d’Hoffmann (Life is Beautiful, 1997)

SAINT SAENS Mon coeur s’ouvre from Samson et Delilah (The Aftermath, 2018)

PUCCINI O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schichi (Room with a View, 1985)

BELLINI Casta diva from Norma (Midsummers Night Dream, 1999)

MOZART Letter Duet from Le Nozze di Figaro (Shawshank Redemption, 1994)

DVORAK Song to the moon from Rusalka (Driving Miss Daisy, 1989)

VERDI Sempre Libera from La Traviata (Pretty Woman, 1990)

BIZET Habanera from Carmen (Up, 2009)

PUCCINI Vissi d'arte from Tosca (Quantum of Solace, 2008)

PUCCINI Un bel di from Madama Butterfly (The American, 2010)

GIORDANO La mamma morta from Andrea Chenier (Philadelphia, 1993)

DONIZETTI Lucia mad scene from Lucia di Lammermoor (The Fifth Element, 1997)

WAGNER Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, 2013)

TOBIE Ebben ne andro lontano from La Wally (Diva, 1981)

DELIBES Flower Duet from Lakme (Sex and the City, 2008)

Friends of Contemporary Art to Offer Special Group Exhibition

A Vero Beach association of professional artists, collectors, and patrons will hold its second annual holiday exhibition at the Environmental Learning Center through February 5. This show is sponsored by Friends of Contemporary Art, also known as FOCA, and will feature works by 32 prominent local painters and photographers.

Included will be works by: Maciek von Ato, Aric Attas, Rita Barone, Mary Garvey Beda, Lila Blakeslee, Ann Chwatsky, Hank Feeley, Ellen Fischer, Mary Gallatin, Elise Geary, Xaque Gruber, Susan Hale, Jill Kerwick, Barbara Krupp, Shotsi Cain Lajoie, Barbara Landry, Joanne Limoges, Lou Ann Lindsay, Madeline Long, Gustav Miller, Janvier Miller, George Pillorgé, Suzanne Roff, Barbara Rowles, Kate Russum, Timothy J. Sanchez, Dorothy Napp Schindel, Cree Scudder, Ann Starkey, Allan Teger, Emily Tremml, Janet Kipp Tribus and Stuart Carr Weismiller. Further information about the exhibition and FOCA is available at focavb.com.

The Florida Young Performers program is designed to identify and offer performance opportunities to talented students throughout the state. Now in its 17th year, this extraordinary performing arts program recognizes accomplished students that have a disability, ages 14-24, in music, dance, and theatre performance. Two emerging artists from each category will be selected by a panel of judges that are professionals in their specific field of performance. All applicants will receive adjudication scores and personal written critiques that can be used to improve and refine their performance skills as they continue to develop.

Winners of each category will be given the opportunity to perform at professional venues and/or virtual performance events that will be determined each year and will receive an Amazon gift card.

For more information on the program and for the online application, visit the Arts4All Florida Young Performers webpage. 



The application deadline is Monday, January 15th at 11:59 p.m. EST.

CLICK HERE FOR INFO AND TO APPLY

Area Theatre in January

Titusville Playhouse

BEAUTIFUL: The Carole King Musical

January 12 – February 11

From the string of pop classics Carole King wrote for the biggest acts in music, to her own life-changing, chart-busting success with Tapestry, BEAUTIFUL takes you back to where it all began–and takes you on the ride of a lifetime. Featuring over two dozen pop classics, including “You’ve Got a Friend,” “One Fine Day,” “Up on the Roof,” “You’ve Lost That Loving’ Feeling,” “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” and “Natural Woman,” this crowd-pleasing international phenomenon is filled with the songs you remember and the story you’ll never forget.

(NOTE: Maltz Jupiter Theatre reports their tickets for Beautiful are almost sold out for the entire run, January 9-28)

The Brevard Symphony Orchestra Matinee Series 2:00 p.m. concerts are three for the price of one! This season's Matinee Series includes Symphonic Dances with United Ballet Theatre, Celebrating 100 Years of Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Jeffrey Biegel, and Musical Pictures with violinist Paul Huang.

To purchase a Matinee Series subscription, call (321) 345-5052. Learn more about the Matinee Series here!

Tickets for the BSO Dream Drawing fundraising event are available online, along with the catalogue.

Give the Gift of a Free Tree!

Chatuaqua South 2024

Coming Up on the Arts Blast Calendar

Events listed are for the next few weeks. For a complete listing of future events, (click here or go to: willimiller.com/arts-blast-calendar)

Indian River County

EVENTS:

Jan. 12-29 - Celebration of Creativity Congregational Art Show  at Community Church of Vero Beach

Jan. 13, 4:30 p.m. - Citrus Celebration - Farm to Table at Schacht Groves

Jan. 14, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Art in the Park - Vero Beach Art Club in Humiston Park, Ocean Drive

​Jan. 15, 4 & 6 p.m. - Riverside Theatre's Distinguished Lecturer Series - Walter Isaacson

​Jan. 15 - Last day to enter Form + Fire at Indian River Clay

Jan. 16 – 2 p.m. - Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation Ribbon Cutting

Jan. 18, 7 p.m. - The Letterman – Live from Vero Beach at Emerson Center

Jan. 18 & 20 - Little Wonders free toddler nature class at ELC. Pre-registration required. Camouflage and Colors in Nature

Jan. 19 – Sofia Philarmonic Orchestra – Indian River Symphonic Association at Community Church

Jan. 19-20 – Choreographer’s Notebook – Ballet Vero Beach at VBHS

Jan. 20, 7 p.m. - Artists in Our Midst - Temple Beth Shalom Sisterhood fundraiser in the Temple's social hall. 355 43rd Ave., VB

​Jan. 20, 11:30 lunch, 12:30 performance- Clarence Palmer - Love Inside of Jazz - Treasure Coast Jazz Society at Oak Harbor Club

Jan. 21, 3 p.m. - Hollywood Loves Opera – Space Coast Symphony at First Presbyterian Church

​Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m. - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2365 Pine Ave., Vero Beach 

Jan. 23, 7 p.m. - Emerson E-Series - Quest for Spanish Treasure: The 1715 Fleet's Legacy - Jim Wilson

Jan. 24, 4-6 p.m. - Cultural Connections at the LRJ Historical House - ticketed

Jan. 25 - Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone at The Emerson Center - LIVE! from Vero Beach

Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m. - Larry Brown Quintet at Vero Beach Theatre Guild

Jan. 25, 5 p.m. - Scottish Society of the Treasure Coast Burns Night dinner

Jan. 27, 7 p.m. - Sergey Belyavsky at The Emerson Center- ​www.theemersoncenter.com/pianist-sergey-belyavsky/

​Jan. 27-April 28 - Ancient Egypt & the Napoleonic Era: Masterworks from the Dahesh Museum at VB Museum of Art.

​Jan. 27, 7 p.m. - Night Sounds - Glory Days at Sebastian Inlet State Park Cocoanut Point

ONGOING:

Through Jan. 18 - Cultural Council of IRC - Old Florida - at Indian River Distillery

Through Jan. 21 - Artists Choice: Variety, The Spice of Life - Vero Beach Museum of Art and Cultural Council of IRC/Art in Public Places at VBMA

Through Jan. 27 - Cultural Council of IRC - All Things Vero at Vero Beach Outlets Guest Services

Through Jan. 28 - Jersey Boys at Riverside Theatre

Through January at Gallery 14 - Flowers by Paul Solovay and Mixed Media by Barbara Krupp. Reception Jan. 5, 5-8 p.m.

Through Feb. 28 - VIVA FOCA! Friends of Contemporary Art Exhibit at Environmental Learning Center

St. Lucie County

EVENTS:

Jan. 12, 8 p.m. – Jay Leno at Sunrise

​Jan. 12-13 - Choreographer's Notebook - Ballet Vero Beach at IRSC McAlpin Fine Arts Center

Jan. 12-28 – Play On at Pineapple Playhouse

Jan. 12-28 weekends - Nana's Naughty Knickers at Treasure Coast Theatre, PSL

Jan. 13-March 3 - Fast Forward: The Original Florida Highwaymen on the Way to Fame at A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery

Jan. 13, 8 p.m.- Donna Summer Tribute at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m.- Classic Seger at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 20-21 - Port St. Lucie 5th annual Winter Art & Craft Expo at MIDFLORIDA Event Center

​Jan 19, 8 p.m. - Nikki Glaser at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 20, 1 p.m. - Jammon' at Oxbow, PSL

Jan. 20, 8 p.m. - The Four Phantoms at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 26 - The Temptations at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 27, 8 p.m. - Chris MacDonald’s Memories of Elvis at Sunrise

Jan. 28, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Sunday in Key West Luncheon & Auction at  at A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery - Free admission

Martin County

Jan. 9-Feb. 29 - 33rd Annual All Florida Juried Art Show at MartinArts

Jan. 11-28 – Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella at Barn Theatre

Jan. 12, 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. – The Wild West – Atlantic Classical Orchestra at Lyric

Jan. 12, 5:30-7 p.m. - Opening and Awards reception for the 33rd Annual All Florida Juried Art Show at MartinArts - Court House Cultural Center

Jan. 12-28 - 20th Century Blues  at A.C.T. Studio Theatre

Jan. 13 - Della Mae at The Lyric

Jan. 18, 7 p.m. - The SicilianTenors at the Lyric

Jan. 20, 7 p.m. - Marcia Ball

Jan. 21, 7 p.m. - Paul Thorn  at The Lyric

Jan. 24 - Sounds of Soul: A Tribute to Motown and Beyond at the Lyric

​Jan. 25, 6-8 p.m. - Art in the Park fundraiser for The Children's Museum of the Treasure Coast at Frances Langford Pavilion

ONGOING:

Every Sunday, 1 - 4 p.m. - Rock'n Riverwalk​, 300 St. Lucie Ave, Stuart

Every Sunday, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Market on Main, Flagler Park, Stuart

Fridays, 2 p.m. - Guided Nature Walks at Jonathan Dickinson State Park

Thursdays, 6-9:30 p.m. - Jammin’ Jensen on Jensen Beach Boulevard

Tuesdays at The Elliott: Tim Kyle Carpenter's Open Jam Session

Tuesdays - 4-7 p.m. - Cruising at the Beach – Elliott Museum 

Brevard County

​EVENTS:

Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m. - Jesse Cook at King Center

Jan. 12 – Feb. 11 – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at Titusville Playhouse

Jan. 13, 8 p.m. - Tesla at King Center

Jan 16-17 – The Cher Show at King Center

Jan. 18, 8 p.m. – Jo Koy at King Center

Jan. 19 – Feb. 11 – The Sound of Music at Heneger Center

Jan. 19 – Feb. 25 – The Minutes at Melbourne Civic Theatre

Jan. 20 - Symphonic Dances – Brevard Symphony Orchestra at King Center

​Jan. 24-28 - Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival - Port Canaveral

ONGOING

​Through Jan. 28 - Surreal Worlds - Nancy Dillen & Clare Radigan at Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens

Palm Beach County

EVENTS:

Jan 11-12 - Bianca Marroquin at Kravis

​Jan. 12, 8 p.m. - Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo 50th anniversary at Kravis

​Jan. 13, 5-9 p.m. - D'Art for Art at Turtle Creek Club - Lighthouse ArtCenter

Jan. 13, 8 p.m. - Johnny Mathis at Kravis Center

Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m. - Pinchas Zukerman with Palm Beach Symphony at Kravis Center

Jan 17, 7:30 p.m. - Stella Chen & Michael Stephen Brown at Kravis

Jan. 18, 8 p.m. - The Life and Music of George Michael at Kravis

Jan. 19, 8 p.m. - The Four Phantoms at Kravis

Jan. 19-20 – Kevin Nealon at Kravis

Jan. 20, 2 p.m. - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Kravis

Jan. 21, 3 p.m. - The Symphonia/Alastair Willis at Countess de Hoernle Theatre, Spanish River High School

Jan. 24, 6 p.m. - Art & Jazz on the Avenue - Pineapple Grove, Delray 

Jan. 24-28 = Beatles on the Beach Classic Rock Festival, Old School Square 

​Jan. 27, 10 a.m. - The Boy Who Cried Wolf at Kravis Center Persson Hall

ONGOING:



Fridays and Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. - Garden Sculpture Tours at the Norton

Thursdays 6-9 p.m. - Clematis by Night

Every Friday, 5-10 p.m. - ART AFTER DARK at the Norton

​Through Jan. 13 - Exhibition: Whimsy & Wonder at Cultural Council for Palm Beach County

​Through Jan. 28 - Scenes of New York City from the Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection at The Society of the Four Arts, PB

Beyond the Treasure Coast



EVENTS:

Jan. 10-12 – The Cher Show at Van Wezel

Jan. 11 – Feb. 4 – The Refugee at Gulfshore Playhouse

Jan. 11 – 21 – Bonnie and Clyde: The Musical at Theatre Zone

Jan. 13 – Mutts Gone Nuts at Van Wezel

Jan. 14 – Les Ballets Trocadero de Monte Carlo at Van Wezel

Jan. 15 – Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra at Van Wezel

​Jan. 15 - deadline for entries for 38th All Florida Annual Exhibition at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers

Jan. 17 - The Four Phantoms in Concer at Van Wezel

Jan. 18 - Robert Dubac's Stand Up Jesus at Van Wezel

Jan. 18-Feb. 3 Which Way to the Stage  at Alliance for the Arts

Jan. 19, 5-8:30 p.m. - Lake Wales Live on Orange Avenue

Jan. 24 - Opening of Rockwell/Wyeth: Icons of Americana at Polk Museum of Art

Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m. - Sarasota Concert Association - Harlem Quartet at Riverview Performing Arts Center

Jan. 27 - Kumquat Festival - Dade City

ONGOING:

Every Saturday 1 p.m. - Saturday Exhibition Highlight Tours at Rollins Museum of Art, Winter Park

Live carillon concerts Thursday - Sunday, 1 & 3 p.m. - Bok Tower Gardens. 

Through Jan. 14 – Little Shop of Horrors at Florida Studio Theatre

​Through April 14 -The Nature of Art at MFA St. Pete

VOLUNTEERS

Ballet Vero Beach is looking for energetic and outgoing individuals to help us promote the art of dance as a universal language in our community and beyond.

VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS

GUEST SERVICES

BOUTIQUE SALES

SPECIAL EVENTS

ADMIN SUPPORT

PUBLICITY

Ballet Vero Beach Volunteers receive FREE tickets, merchandise, and the opportunity to attend volunteer thank you events.

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